Hoe.



M. 0. WHITEHORN. HOE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a, 1909.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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M. 0. WHITEHORN.

HOB. APPLICATION FILED J'ULY 18 1908.

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MARCUS ORLEAN WHITEHORN, OF WORTHING, ENGLAND.

HOE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed July 18, 1908. Serial No. 244,302.

To all whom it may concern:

WHITEHORN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residingat Howard street, W orthing, in the county of Sussex, England, haveinvented new and useful linprovenients in Hoes, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hoes, the object being toprovide a tooi constructed in such a manner as to combine two ion is oihoe. narcely, the straight hoe and a hoe with the blade at right angles,or approximately so, to the handle.

An implement 01' this nature possesses many advantages inasmuch as itobviates the necessity of carrying two separate tools from place toplace furthermore, the cost oi such a device 18 considerably below thatoi two implements.

T his invention consists essentially in pivoting the blade to theextrennty of the handle or attachment thereto in such a manner that asat c a trigger a carrying a pin f pivoted Be it known that l, MasonsORLEAN thereto as at the pin in the normal osi n l tion of the blade aasshown in Fig. 1 passing through holes or perforations in the rod (1 andthe reduced neck 0 fir ctaining them in position, a spring 9 carried bythe trigger a and bearing against the rod d holding the said trigger inposition and preventing the vithdrawal of the pin when it is desired tobring the blade into the position shown in dotted lines, in Fig. 2, thetrigger e is depressed thereby withdraw ing the pin f from its holes orperforations whereupon the blade a can be turned until it may be securedin line with the said handle or turned and secured approximately atright angles thereto and in order that the invention i may be more fullyunderstood, it will now be described with reference to the accompany-1ng drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation oi a hoe constructed according to thisinvention, and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the blade in 1ts secondposition in dotted lines.

blade a is carried in the usual manner by arms 1) extending from a neck0.

T the pin f rengages the holes or perforations in the rod (1 and bearsagainst the edge of the reduced neck 0 or enters a recess it formedtherein when the said blade is held sulficiently firmly to enable it tobe employed in the well known in anner.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The combination, with a handle provided witha forked end portion having transverse passage through the branchesthereof,

of a blade provided with a shank which is 3 pivoted in the said forkedend portion and provided with an opening which registers with the saidpassage, and a retractable locking-pin slidable in the said passage andarranged to bear against one side of the shank when the shank is placedat right angles to In carrying this invention nto practical eiiect, andas shown in the drawings, the

T he neck 0 is reduced as at c and pivoted as at 0 between the forkedextremity d of a rod d designed handle. At one side of the rod (1 ispivoted to be secured to and carried by a suitable 1 the handle.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence 0t two witnesses.

MARCUS ORLEAN WHITEHURN.

Witnesses:

SYDNEY R. TAYLOR, GODFREY B. SHEPHERD.

